{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8016 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2020-8016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, published on 2 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-8016 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-8016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, published on 2 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8016 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8016/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-8016","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8016/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-8016","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gw5h-q2x4-wff3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SUSE Linux package","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can exploit a race condition in texlive-filesystem packaging to corrupt files or escalate privileges on SUSE Linux systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"suse","cpe":[{"product":"texlive-filesystem","vendor":"opensuse"}],"cvss":{"score":4.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-367","name":"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition"}],"description":"A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the packaging of texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users to corrupt files or potentially escalate privileges. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"race condition in the packaging of texlive-filesysten","id":"CVE-2020-8016","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files","id":"CVE-2020-8017"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Local privilege escalation in exim package from user mail to root","id":"CVE-2020-8015"},"products":["SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1","SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4","SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5","openSUSE Leap 15.1"],"published":"2020-04-02","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["SUSE","openSUSE"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit a race condition in texlive-filesystem packaging to corrupt files or escalate privileges on SUSE Linux systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8016/"}